obnoctious

Adjective

obnoxious (comparative more obnoxious, superlative most obnoxious)

1. Extremely offensive or unpleasant; very annoying, contemptible, or odious.
   • Throwing stones at the bus is another example of your obnoxious behaviour.

   Synonyms:

   aggravating, aggy, annoying, wretched, displeasing, bothersome, chagrining, cruddy, douchetastic, douchey

   Antonyms:

   unobnoxious, acceptable, agreeable, amiable, charming, comely, nice, pleasant, pleasing, welcome

2. Unjustly disagreeable, argumentative or objectionable; brazenly rude.
   • He was an especially obnoxious and detestable specimen of a man.
3. (archaic, obsolete) Exposed or vulnerable to something, especially harm or injury.
   • [T]he reſidence and the ſingle liuinges of miniſters preſume not onely to annihilate the ſolemne ordinations of ſuch as the Church muſt of force admit, but alſo to vrge a kinde of vniuerſall proſcription againſt them, to ſet dovvne articles to dravv commiſſions, and almoſt to name themſelues of the...1597, Richard Hooker, “The Author of the Abstract”, in J[ohn] S[penser], editor, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], 2nd edition, London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes]...
4. (obsolete) Causing harm or injury; harmful, hurtful, injurious.
   • It [the crocodile] is the moſt obnoxious of all ſea monſters, […]1638, Tho[mas] Herbert, Some Yeares Travels Into Divers Parts of Asia and Afrique. […], 2nd edition, London: […] R[ichard] Bi[sho]p for Iacob Blome and Richard Bishop, →OCLC, book III, page 323
5. (obsolete) Deserving of blame or punishment; blameworthy, guilty.
   • And they dreſſed and prepard Hierome of Prage, an oath, in the Councell of Conſtance, by vvhich he muſt ſvveare, freely, voluntarily, (or elſe bee burned) and ſimplie, and vvithout condition, To aſſent to that Church, in all things, but eſpecially in the Doctrines of the Keyes, and Eccleſiaſtick...1610, John Donne, “That Nothing Requir’d in this Oath, Violates the Popes Spirituall Iurisdiction; […]”, in Pseudo-Martyr. […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Walter Burre, →OCLC, paragraph 9...

   Synonyms:

   reprehensible

6. (obsolete) Under the authority or power of someone; subject, subordinate; hence, deferential, submissive, subservient.
   • [M]ost of them (the fellowes) being sneaking and obnoxious, they did run rather with the temper of the warden, than stand against him, to keep themselves in and enjoy their comfortable importances.a. 1696 (date written), Anthony a Wood [i.e., Anthony Wood], “The Life of Anthony a Wood, Written by Himself”, in Anthony a Wood, Philip Bliss, Athenæ Oxonienses. An Exact History of All the Writers...

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